leopard sharks. ndredses of them. >> if you are the director of the shark lab and you are trying to revolutionize the way sharks had studde studied it's not a bad way to set up shop. chris lowe is the director of calcal state long beach's shark lab. getting to know him and his work is getting your feet wet. obviously here a day at the office is a diffe different attd a different look at the world. >> it takes a few moments under the water to understand chris' passion for the othe ocean and e sharks he study:whe : >> when i caught my first shark there was something about it. it looked so different from all of the other fish i caught and it looked so streamline and sleek. it didn't match all of the fish i caught. >> what about it from the sharks threat that interested you in a sciencivic perspective. >> they are at the top of the food chain. they are the canary of the coal mine and they tell us how healthy the oceans are. the wheel lengt challenge is ha. you want to th want to the share here and they do

. >>> a man charged with selling leopard sharks is find $24,000. the authorities say he caught the sharks in the bay, and sold them to customers in florida and canada. it's against the law to catch and keep the sharks under 3 feet long. >>> it was cooler out there today. thanks to the cloud cover, the stubborn fog this morning, and did high clouds this afternoon. the it happens largely in the low 60s, and we did hit the upper 60 in the valley. the warmest was livermore. and 64 in san josi, and just in the 50's though at the coastline. as we look live, the skies are clearing. there's the remaining high cloud coverage. it's pushing to the south, the north base is seeing the clearer skies, and it'll clear for the south bay, later this evening. we'll look at the current conditions, so it's a little chilly out there. 65 in san francisco, 59, and tonight, we'll see the mostly clear skies, and chilly, but gusty winds in spots. take a look at tomorrow's temperatures and the weekend ahead coming up in a bit. >>> coming up next, the punishment for a woman co

they are leopard sharks. most of them pregnant females. harmless, we're told. rate through the warm waters off of california to give birth. maybe you don't go tromping through a maternity ward of sharks in california. >>> one young man's life may have been changed forever after what happened last night. two small colleges. oh, yeah, robin. huntington/marian, facing off. a basketball game for all the marbles. final seconds. huntington down one. and this -- >> merryman, catch and fire. and -- oh, he made it. >> shane merryman. and it goes. and the great thing about this, two small colleges. last night, the twitterverse lit on fire about this. shane merryman, this moment is yours. take a bow, young man. you have earned it. >> he's going to be telling his grandkids about that. >> showing them. >> and showing them, too. >> he's going to be twice as far and twice as much. >> thanks for sharing that, josh. >>> now, to the virginia state senator recovering from an attack by his son. creigh deeds is blaming local authorities for his son's suicide. and vowing to improve m

hundreds of leopard sharks spotted feet from the water's edge. yos. >>> we've seen some amazing wildlife coverage out of pretoria, south africa. >> self-proclaimed animal behaviorist called the lion whisperer is showing off his close encounters with lions and hyenas from a remote-controlled car. >> look at that. slow motion shot of these majestic creatures. they are truly curious. >> they really are. you can tell that these are younger lions because their side. but, whoa, and there it is. >> can we eat it, can we eat it? no, it is a toy. >> even if we can't, i'm going to. some people are arguing that it's too close for comfort. i don't mind the pictures as long as he is in the safety of his own car. if he is getting out to retrieve this while the lions and hyenas are around him. >> those are incredible pictures. that's what it looks like when you're lying on the ground and they're in your face. now we know. >> hopefully, gopro will be the only reason we know that. >> i wonder if that device still works. >> after the lion grabbed it and took off? w

the leopard sharks are normally harmless to humans, unless of course they are provoked.let's go back outside to matt, savannah, and willie. >> would falling off your paddle board right in front of them fall under the category of provoking them? >> how about figreen surfboardsn their natural environment? provoking? let's get a check of the forecast from mr. roker across the plaza. >> thanks guys. we have a lot of weather to talk about our. our pick city of the day. we'll go to bay city michigan. nbc 25. they'll see know on thanksgiving day. sunny and cold friday, 29 degrees. check out the day today. we have wet weather up and down the east coast. heavy thunderstorms. lake effect snows will be swinging around behind that. so the rainfall and heaviest stuff going to be up into east main and snowfall amounts, the heaviest snow test test test all kinds of rough stuff. we have a young lady here. what's your name? >> dara. >> 94 years old. >> i was here in '41. >> 19 . >> good morning to you. mostly cloudy conditions. as you can see over san francisco, high and mid-level clouds